Romance Column by Barbara Samuel

Agnes and the Hitman is the vivid and colorful second offering from the highly successful team that brought us last year's Don't Look Down: Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. Cranky Agnes is a food writer with a community tangle of ties to the mob. Her best friend is the granddaughter of a Don, and she's just written a cookbook with mobster Joey The Gent. She's also arranging a...

Romance Column by Barbara Samuel

I clearly remember the first book I read by the tender and thoughtful Jennifer Greene the now-classic Night of the Hunter, a romance that brilliantly showcased the author's myriad talents: her eye for detail, a deft touch with appealingly human, vulnerable heroines and sometimes stoic, always manly and touchingly yearning heroes. In Blame It on Cupid, Greene delivers the tale of Merry Olson, a...

Romance Column by Barbara Samuel

When word got out that Jennifer Crusie was writing a book with acclaimed thriller writer Bob Mayer, a lot of readers asked, why mess with perfection? Not only is Crusie one of the most beloved, visible and successful writers in the genre, her last book was one of her finest the virtually perfect, RITA-award winning Bet Me. What could Mayer possibly add to the Crusie magic? The answer hits...